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Faculty, students, alums call for transparency over dean resignation at Michigan State University
Read full article: Faculty, students, alums call for transparency over dean resignation at Michigan State UniversityNew outrage over an ongoing controversy at Michigan State University has students, faculty, and donors calling for the release of a new report about why the well-liked head of the business school was ousted earlier this year.
Michigan State University’s president has till Tuesday to resign or he will be fired, sources say
Read full article: Michigan State University’s president has till Tuesday to resign or he will be fired, sources sayMichigan State University’s President Samuel Stanley has until Tuesday to resign, or the school’s Board of Trustees will fire him, according to the Detroit Free Press citing anonymous sources.
Rogan responds to Spotify protest, COVID advisories
Read full article: Rogan responds to Spotify protest, COVID advisoriesSpotify is pledging to combat the spread of COVID-19 misinformation as part of a damage-control campaign sparked by musician Neil Young, who called out the streaming service’s top podcaster for amplifying vaccine skepticism.
CNN's Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic message
Read full article: CNN's Sanjay Gupta worries about a muddled pandemic messageCNN's Sanjay Gupta says he's worried that Americans are not getting clear enough messages about what they should or shouldn't be doing at this stage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teams
Read full article: Analyzing Trump's illness is humbling for media's med teamsFILE - Sanjay Gupta arrives at Sean Parker and the Parker Foundation's Gala Celebrating a Milestone in Medical Research in Los Angeles. “You try to put the pieces of the puzzle together,” said CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who logged hours comparable to his residency days in the wake of Trump's announcement. Ashton also objects to how some in the media have pinned percentages on Trump's likely survival. Then again, as Gupta noted, the president is 74 years old, clinically obese and just climbed a flight of stairs. It's why, more often than not, the media medical reports have been dominated by careful couching.
Michigan State University board approves $10.3M for Eppley Center building updates
Read full article: Michigan State University board approves $10.3M for Eppley Center building updatesEAST LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan State University Board of Trustees approved a $10.3 million plan for infrastructural upgrades of the Eppley Center, located in the university’s Business College Complex, at its meeting Friday. Upgrades will primarily focus on the 58-year-old building’s safety and cooling systems with fixes to its fire alarm, suppression, heating/cooling systems as well as LED light fixtures, according to the university. "It is vitally important that the critical support services our students need are as accessible as possible,” said Broad College of Business Dean Sanjay Gupta. “We’ve made a commitment to align our facilities to promote student success, and this investment will deliver on that for years to come.”The building will be restructured to create a space for undergraduate advising and academic support resources, including computer labs. The board’s next meeting is Feb. 14.
New study aims to find out if marijuana can help treat autism symptoms
Read full article: New study aims to find out if marijuana can help treat autism symptomsThat drug, a treatment for two rare types of epilepsy, inspired researchers to consider what other conditions cannabis might help. Hollander believes the cannabis extract holds hope for treating autism symptoms based on the success it's had reducing seizure activity. "There's some abnormal electrical activity even though they don't have seizures, for example," Hollander told Gupta. With 30 years of experience in autism spectrum disorder research, Hollander also believes autism and epilepsy could have similar underlying causes. Carlos said he wanted to join the study to better understand his own autism and help others struggling with it.
California women talk man out of taking his own life
Read full article: California women talk man out of taking his own lifeJen Principe and Toni Musso, two women who convinced a man not to take his own life, say they were inspired by CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta's story on suicide prevention. We have to go back,'" Principe told CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" in an interview that aired Wednesday. Musso's husband, who was driving when they spotted the man on the overpass, immediately took the next exit and looped around. "We stopped the cars, we ran across, and there he was, just all the way in the center ... of that freeway overpass," Principe said. "He said he had nothing to live for, and he had no reason to be here on earth anymore," Musso told CNN's Camerota.